October (2016) Running Challenge

I had more miles than I thought I did so far this month. I forgot that last Saturday was October.

Oct 1 - 6
Oct 2 - 1
Oct 3 - 0
Oct 4 - 5
Oct 5 - 0
Oct 6 - 5.64
Oct 7 - 2.5

Total - 20.14/80

Sometimes I have some odd length runs just because that's how long the trail is.

ddmom0811 wrote: »

I was texting with a group of cycling friends first thing this morning when the wind was gusting maybe 40 mph. And one of them said "oh my gosh a runner just went by" and everyone was replying "what a nut!" This was while I was thinking "it seems safe to run this morning".

Was he Running or just being a Kite going for a free ride?
It was probably a scheduled Hill Day so the Runner Just pointed his/her nose into the wind for an awesome workout.
Trust a runner to be out when everyone else is hunkering down

@Elise4270 Yes the Canadian Lynx has really Long Legs to deal with the Snow and Huge Paws - They help them chase there prey on the snow - act like big snowshoes.

RespectTheKitty wrote: »

Re: Snow running.

So I take it from what I've read here that it's advisable to get trail shoes for running in the snow? I've been wondering how I'm going to navigate the streets once the snow and ice start accumulating (I can only run on the treadmill so much before I want to punch something).

@RespectTheKitty I switch between Trail and Normal shoes based on conditions - most is done in my normal everyday running shoes. I reserve the Trail shoes for the really nasty days where the streets/sidewalks have not been cleaned yet. I even have one pair of the Fabled Screwed Shoes ( stoshew71 posted a video link for them ) that act like spikes digging into icy trail/road conditions.

And that's why Treadmills are called Dreadmill's.

1---3.17 walk/run ish
2---2.7 walk
3---travel day, Dallas PT
4---4.7 walk
5---rest
6---4.04 walk
7---0.6 walk. Eh, walked alone. Got spooked and cut it short. Probably just deer, but then i heard a shot. So I thought Bigfoot was armed. Hip is weak anyhow.

15.21/50+ walking miles goal


Not Advisable races:
11/05/16 Jenks Half 5k Jenks OK (registered)
12/11/16 BMW Dallas Marathon, Half (registered)
Run the year 2016  898.42/ 2016 (registered)

Advisable races:
March 19th 2017 RNR Half Dallas, TX
March 26th 2017 A2A 5k Ardmore, OK
April 30th 2017 OKC Memorial Marathon, Half

skippygirlsmom wrote: »

@kristinegift do you come from a big Czech community? My other half's family is Czech and they live in West, Texas which is a HUGE Czech Community. My first 5K was in West at Westfest (big Czech festival) the name of the race is the Kolache 5K. Every race should end with all you can eat Kolaches and Pigs in a Blanket.

@skippygirlsmom I don't personally come from a Czech community, but the National Czech and Slovak Museum is in Cedar Rapids, so we've got some strong Czech roots here. The whole Czech area was flooded in our historic flood in 2008 and since then the whole area has been totally rebuilt and revitalized and it's the hip, cool place in town to be on the weekend. We have a Kolache festival in the spring/early summer and it's a big deal -- carnival rides, games, and all the Kolaches you can buy.

1 October – 10.6 km including parkrun
3 October – 12.4 km
4 October – 10 km
5 October – 10.2 km
6 October – 10 km
8 October – 10.5 km including parkrun

Goal: 100 miles (160 km)
Total: 63.7 km

7lenny7 wrote: »

luluinca wrote: »

SNOW????? Already, I've never run in the stuff personally and can't quite imaging it, being from So Cal, although it is quite beautiful and I enjoy looking at it from inside a warm house when I visit Colorado in the winter.

@luluinca, running in snow is a magical thing. My favorite run ever was running 10 miles in this:



Though these other runs were pretty awesome as well

LOVE these pictures :-)))) beautiful!!
How do you run in the snow? What shoes do you wear? I just have my new balance sneakers. How do you keep your feet from getting wet?

I'll be in New Mexico and Ohio snow this year so I'd love the advice. I'm used to my dry Texas dirt!

Didn't manage to stop in here for a few days; also didn't do a lot of running. Wednesday should have been a mid-long run, but I spontaneously joined some friends for pub quiz night instead. As a compromise, I decided to run to the tram station and back. My running backpack isn't large enough to fit a full change of clothes, so I stuffed in only the shirt and sweater and ran in jeans. Not the most comfortable experience ever, I don't think I'll repeat that anytime soon! Those seams chafed more than I expected, ouch!

Thursday I chose strength training over running, and those back lunges and squats really kicked my *kitten* I was terribly sore on Friday - nearly didn't run, but in the end I went out for 7.5km. I was hoping that moving would help with the soreness - it did not. At least the route was hilly enough that different muscles complained on different parts of the run ^^

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@katharmonic Your new future running partner is soooo cute!

@juliet3455 I'm a bit jealous of you right now - I have never seen a lynx in the wild! A few weeks ago, a colleage told me he'd seen one when he went hiking in the mountains (not your Canadian one, but the Eurasian Lynx), and ever since I've been dreaming of spotting one too, but no such luck so far. The most exciting wild animals I've met on a run so far were foxes.

@RespectTheKitty In most snowy weather, I've always been fine with my regular running shoes. Of course, since I bought some trail shoes (Asics Runnegade) for really muddy trails, I'm curious to see how those will do in snow. But it doesn't snow here too much, getting special shoes for snow running would probably be overkill for me.

@lporter229 All the best for your half marathon this weekend!

Date     Miles      MTD
------   -----    -------
Oct  1     6.2      6.2 
Oct  2     6.5     12.7 
Oct  4     4.3     17.0 
Oct  5     4.3T    21.3 
Oct  8    10.1     31.4 

October Running
=======================
October goal: 50 miles
10/1: 1.75 miles
10/2: 3.15 miles
10/3: 2.25 miles
10/4: 2 miles
10/5: 2 miles
10/6: Rest Day
10/7: 2 miles
Today: 2.25 miles

Total/October: 15.4 miles


@skippygirlsmom Those kolaches look delicious! I haven't had one since we left the Chicago area years ago. Here in Houston, they sell pigs in a blanket and call them kolaches but I've never seen a sweet kolache anywhere here.

@lporter229 I balance fitness/family time as best I can. I get my bike rides and running in very early in the morning, usually before my husband gets up. We have dinner and evenings together, but I do tend to poop out before he does and fall asleep fairly early. (He's a night owl and I am more of a morning person.) I take my dogs with me on my runs so they get some exercise and outside time. My son is grown and works in our family business so I see him on work days and for occasional weekend dinners. I am probably going to start doing races which means that my husband will likely start running again. He'll want to go to the races with me and won't want to just sit on the sidelines so sooner or later we'll most likely end up spending at least some running time together in the near future.

@7lenny7 Those photos are beautiful. I grew up in Chicago and the snow is only very pretty when it first falls...then it is slushy and dirty until it melts. I never really ran it though. Didn't start running until after I had moved away. I personally love all the seasons, even the winter cold, and would probably like running in a snowy forest very much. For now, we are living in Houston so it is mostly heat and humidity for me.

@juliet3455 A lynx! So cool. I don't get to see anything nearly that exciting...mostly rabbits, opossums, raccoons, turtles and snakes. Once in a while, I'll spot a deer. I have also been seeing actual live armadillos since I've been going out in the early morning. Up until recently, I only ever saw smushed ones in the road; so frequently in fact that I've given them the unfortunate moniker of "Nature's Speed-bump." It has been kind of cool to see live ones out there for a change.

5.24 run Friday morning

Oct 1: 15km long run day
Oct 2: 0km running, active recovery day, 6.62km brisk walk.
Oct 3: 12.06km...2km run on coffee break in. Or img, 6.08km long hill repeats at lunch, long, 4.01km treadmill run with hill intervals after work, followed by 30 min strength training
Oct 4: 90 minutes skating (45 min practice stake during the day, 45 min refereeing girls hockey at night)
Oct 5: 5km progression run before work, 3km base run at lunch.
Oct 6: 3.6 km hilly trail run at lunch, 5km tempo run on treadmill after work, 30 min strength training.
Oct 7: REST DAY
Oct 8: 16.7 km long run. Forgot my hydration bottles. First run without fluids. Had a couple extra gummies for fuel. Glad I was well hydrated before I started.

Ran on the treadmill at the gym yesterday because it was too hot to get outside after work. I wanted to get iin 5 miles and the run felt really pretty good until about 4.5 and then my heel/Achilles started hurting. I stretched it a bit and then pushed to get in my 5 miles plus a cool down. I really should have just stopped. By the time I got home I could barely walk. So no run for me today. My foot was so sore last night even after icing, stretching and rolling that I just turned off my alarm. Heel/Achilles is still very sore but better with more stretching and rolling this morning. It was just dumb of me to push to get past 5 miles when I should have just stopped especially since it had finally been feeling better.

@MobyCarp - sounds like my injury is similar to yours. I am just being stubborn about mine, thinking I can manage it myself. Clearly after yesterday's treadmill run fiasco I am not doing well in that regard. I will be calling my sports doc on Monday morning. Also - I don't know if you have an REI near you but they sometimes have good sales on SmartWool and DarnTough socks and a great return policy so you don't have to mail them anywhere. The socks also show up once in a while on ActiveGearup. I find myself buying them onsale to the point I now have a drawer full of 'spares' and have to hold back from buying any more
@kristinegift - love your pictures! Enjoy being home!! Congratulations on your race PR and placing!
@katharmonic - your new pup is adorable! How old is she?
On the running in snow discussion - Like @luluinca I don't get much chance to run in the snow. When my daughter was in school in Maryland and we would visit I would run the trails near the house and it was beautiful. I just couldn't run when it got too deep. We did go snowshoeing a few times and that was awesome and something I hadn't done since I was a kind in Idaho. Loved the snowy trail pictures @7lenny7 - it is like a wonderland and I bet so quiet!
@skippygirlsmom - I don't think of Alabama as getting much snow. Your picture is beautiful. I am not much of a pastry eater but the kolaches look yummy.
@juliet3455 - Growing up in Idaho we used to take a jeep on the back roads at night in the spring and 'catch' the lynx and other animals in the car spotlights. It was the only times I ever saw many of the shyer animals. My friends had really nice cameras and we got some great shots... wonder whatever happened to those pictures.
@RespectTheKitty - look at you becoming a morning runner!
@ddmom0811 - I am so glad the storm is gone and you all are safe without too much damage!
@johnnylloyd0618 - love that you were arguing with yourself! I thnk we all do that at some point

Good luck @ereck44, @5512bf, @lporter229, @mmteixeira, @Ohhim, @AdrianChr92 and anyone else I missed who is racing this weekend!

Date.........Miles........Total
10/01......12.16.......12.16
10/02........0.00.......12.16 - Dog beach Sunday
10/03........5.23.......17.39 + Agility
10/04........4.26.......21.65 + Strength Training
10/05........0.00.......21.65
10/06........3.87.......25.52 + Rally Obedience
10/07........5.30.......30.82 - Treadmill
10/08........0.00.......30.82



My completed and upcoming Races - Let me know if you will be running too!
02/07/16 - Surf City Half Marathon
02/20/16 - Divas Half Marathon - Temecula
07/04/16 - SHEPower Virtual Half Marathon
07/31/16 - San Francisco 2nd Half Marathon
08/21/16 - Tiki Beach 10k, Huntington Beach
09/18/16 - Beat the Blerch Half Marathon, Seattle
11/19/16 - USA Invitational Half Marathon (Yay, I qualified again!)
12/18/16 - San Diego Holiday Half Marathon
02/05/17 - Surf City Half Marathon